Maynard Jackson was mayor of Atlanta in parts of three different decades. Which of these was NOT a decade in which he was mayor?

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Isaac Walter

17 August, 12:27

Maynard Jackson was mayor of Atlanta in parts of three different decades. Which of these was NOT a decade in which he was mayor?

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Walker Meyer · Answer 1

In 1968, Jackson at 30, decided to run for the US Senate against incumbent Herman Talmadge. His campaign was underfunded, and he lost, but Jackson won in Atlanta, gaining prominence in the city, which had a substantial black minority.